53.5% —
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 60.2%
- 2021: 53.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Ashburton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Ashburton
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of all residents in Ashburton moved here in the last five years. This makes the area much more mobile than most other parts of the country, though the proportion of newcomers has fallen slightly since 2016.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 53.5% of people moved into the area in the last five years, a figure far above the 39% seen across Western Australia. This is much higher than most other areas, despite a 6.8 percentage point drop since the last census.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 13.7% of the population, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 10.6%. This is higher than most areas, although the share of new arrivals fell by 6 percentage points since 2016.
13.7% —
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Ashburton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/510031271/ashburton/topic/mobility-location